Time Team covered the Sevso Treasure on (UK) Channel 4 on December 26, 2008 ("The mystery of the Roman treasure"). Channel 4's website has plenty of useful links including a quiz on "the illegal antiquities trade".
As Channel 4 recommends "Looting Matters" in its list of resources to "Find Out More" here are previous postings on the Sevso Treasure:
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Coins in context
One of the conservators at the British Museum speaks about why it is important to treat coin hoards as part of an archaeological context. ...
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Among the pots in the exhibition, The Berlin painter and his world, was an oinochoe (shape 1) from the Judy and Michael Steinhardt collect... -
It was announced today that the Egyptian authorities would be taking legal action against Christie's over the sale of the head of Tuta... -
‘The return of looted objects to their countries of origin: the case for change’, in S. Hufnagel and D. Chappell (eds.), The Palgrave ha...
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Thank you for the link.
It's very interesting to read about the Seuso treasure here in Hungary.
Unfortunately I rather sceptical that these finds will be ever returned to our country.
I will not be surprised if in ten years we will see them in a new museum in some Gulf country, and still it would not be worst possibility....
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